After a brief hiatus, we’re back with your DA Drops for the week of January 23.
Not a whole lot to report here as we prepare to head into February, but there are still a handful of new products scheduled to release this week we will showcase.
Basketball

Wednesday, January 26, marks the return of Panini’s Flawless Basketball.
It’s the 2020/2021 edition, so that includes the rookie class with players such as Lamelo Ball, James Wiseman, and of course, the “Ant-Man,” Anthony Edwards.
Panini says the base rookies are “sequentially numbered to 20, and feature a genuine diamond embedded in the card.”








An additional note from Panini is that all the memorabilia swatches in Flawless are game-used. Keep an eye out for Logoman autos and Laundry Tag autos that have wowed collectors in past versions of the product.
Per box, Flawless will consist of nine autograph or memorabilia cards and one diamond card, on average.
Football

On a similar note, in a different sport, Panini is due to release the 2021 edition of Immaculate Football on Friday, January 28.
In Immaculate, Panini says collectors can find some of the “first on-card patch autographs” of Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, and Justin Fields, among many more talented players in this deep rookie class.
New to this year’s Immaculate, Panini says to look for new memorabilia cards in “Clearly Immaculate Rookie Jerseys” and what they’re calling “unique Gatorade Sideline Towels.”
According to the company, collectors can also expect to see new on-card autographs in “Nameplate Nobility Signatures.”










Sort of like Flawless Basketball, Immaculate Football will include memorabilia cards that feature items such as team logos, brand logos, laundry tags, NFL shields, cleats, gloves, helmets, hats, and more.
For Immaculate, on average, you should look for five autographs or memorabilia cards and one base or parallel per box.
Following the hobby release of Mosaic Football earlier this year, Panini is releasing the “No Huddle” version of the product Friday.
Panini says collectors should be on the hunt for super short print (SSP) gold and black parallels exclusive to “No Huddle.”
Here is the breakdown of base and rookie parallels that you can only find in these boxes:
– No Huddle Silver, No Huddle Blue (#’d /75)
– No Huddle Purple (#’d /50)
– No Huddle Pink (#’d /20)
– No Huddle Gold (#’d /10)
– No Huddle Black (#’d /1)
On average, Panini says a box of “No Huddle” Mosaic will have one auto, three silver parallels, 10 Fast Breaks parallels, five inserts, and one rookie variation No Huddle.
As it stands right now, Friday proves to be a big day for football card drops.
Wild Card releasing its 2021 Alumination series, rounds out this week’s football releases.
There are 12 cards per box, with four autographs on average, and plenty of parallels to go along with that.
Wild Card says collectors will find base multi-colored, base autos, and Holo-Lux base autos in Alumination. The “Shattered” and “Stargaze” versions will be numbered 25 or less.
New to this year’s subsets is Comix, which Wild Card says is a short print case hit.
The company says to also look out for “rare Blue Groovin’ Full Art Edition subset,” with silvers numbered to 10 or less, and the one-of-one golds, as well as the return of “Thumbagraphs.”
“Thumbgraphs” feature players’ fingers or thumbprints along with their signature on the cards.
Chase Packs are also back, Wild Card says. Those consist of all black base and parallels and are one-tenth the production of the regular packs.
Baseball

We’re moving from one sport deep into its playoffs to one that is currently in a lockout. Nonetheless, the collecting show must go on with Tristar releasing 2022 Autographed Baseball Platinum Edition Box.
Collectors are guaranteed one limited edition autographed baseball per box, and Tristar says all the baseballs in the product feature a “limited edition hologram numbered to 36 or less.”
Here are some legends, stars, and retired players to look for in the product:
Tristar Diamond Treasures

  • Mickey Mantle
  • Joe Dimaggio

Hall of Fame Greats

  • Tony Gwynn
  • Sandy Koufax
  • Roy Halladay
  • Hank Aaron

Favorite Stars

  • David Ortiz
  • Fernando Tatis Jr.
  • Shohei Ohtani
  • Vladamir Guerrero Jr.

Inscribed Baseballs

  • Ernie Banks
  • Warren Spahn
  • Johny Sain
  • Tom Seaver
  • Hank Aaron
  • Al Downing

Specialty Baseballs
Including: Gold, Black, WS, Hall of Fame, Gold Glove & All-Star

  • Ken Griffy Jr.
  • Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • Mike Piazza



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